Biological Well-Being during the ¿Economic Miracle¿ in Spain: Height, Weight and Body Mass Index of Conscripts in the City of Madrid, 1955¿1974

Martinez Carrion, J. M.; Sánchez-García, E.; Terán, Jose Manuel; Varea, Carlos

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Biological Well-Being during the ¿Economic Miracle¿ in Spain: Height, Weight and Body Mass Index of Conscripts in the City of Madrid, 1955¿1974

dc.contributor.author	Martinez Carrion, J. M.
dc.contributor.author	Sánchez-García, E.
dc.contributor.author	Terán, Jose Manuel
dc.contributor.author	Varea, Carlos
dc.contributor.department	Economía Aplicada
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-25T22:17:54Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-25T22:17:54Z
dc.description.abstract	Typifying historical populations using anthropometric indicators such as height, BMI and weight allows for an analysis of the prevalence of obesity and malnutrition. This study evaluates secular changes in height, weight and body mass for men cohorts at 21 years old, born between 1934 and 1954 who were called up between 1955 and 1974, in the city of Madrid, Spain. In this study we prove the hypothesis that anthropometric variables increase thanks to improvement in diet and significant investments in hygiene and health infrastructure during the 1960s. The results of our analysis show a positive secular change in the trends for height (an increase of 4.67 cm), weight (6.400 kg) and BMI (0.90 Kg/m2), the result of a recovery in standards of living following the war and the autarchy of the 1940s. We also observed a slight trend towards obesity and a reduction in underweight categories at the end of the period is also observed. In conclusion, the secular trends of anthropometric variables in the city of Madrid reflect the recovery of living standards after the deterioration of the nutritional status suffered during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) and the deprivation of the autarchic period.
dc.format	application/pdf	es
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18 iss.24
dc.identifier.doi	doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182412885
dc.identifier.issn	1660-4601
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/119107
dc.language	eng	es
dc.relation.isreferencedby	ED_IDENTRADA=1019
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights	Atribución 4.0 Internacional	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Anthropometric inequality	es
dc.subject	Biological well-being	es
dc.subject	Madrid City	es
dc.subject	Spain	es
dc.subject	adult height	es
dc.subject	biological standard of living	es
dc.subject	body mass index	es
dc.subject	secular trends	es
dc.title	Biological Well-Being during the ¿Economic Miracle¿ in Spain: Height, Weight and Body Mass Index of Conscripts in the City of Madrid, 1955¿1974	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication	es